My journey to Margarita Island started at 3:00 AM on Thursday morning when my alarm clock rang. I had booked a cab for 4:15 AM so it could drive me to the bus station near Parque Central where thr airport shuttle buses depart/arrive since 5 AM. Obviously, I didn't want to get late to the airport and I arrived WAY too early, which gave me time to wander around the national terminal for a little while, and thus I had the chance of taking this magnificent view (according to Manena) of the National Terminal while I was waiting for my LASER Airlines flight that took take me on time to meet the gringos (my cousin's new family) and also lots of relatives that I haven't even seen in my entire life!
My mission at the wedding was being the "link" between the american and the venezuelan families, since nobody else but my cousin and I speak both languages. That was quite entertaining and exhausting as well since I had to keep my brain active most of the times, switching between languages, expressions and even jokes! But it was definitely worth it. Matt's family is very, very nice and his friends are very kind and funny and I had a wonderful time taling, eating, shopping, drinking, and dancing with them (yeah Megan, you're a good dancer). And being Ana's man of trust was quite an experience, from making sure every single person was sitting on the place SHE (yeah, you bitchy-bossy lady, you got me a headache!) chose at the church (yeah, me, the jewish cousin, making sure everything was OK at the church.. ain't that ironic?) and also at the tables; yes, there were not just tables assigned, in each table, people had their seats named and everything! Oh and also making sure people got in and out of the church in the order specified for her.. man, that was quite an experience!
But apart from all that, I had a goal: Taking grandma from Barquisimeto by plane so she could attend her niece's (and g'daughter) wedding. It was a very stressful thing for me because my grandma had never travelled by plane, EVER! and she hadn't travelled alone by bus farther than San Felipe, which is 45 minutes away from Barquisimeto by car. But you know, my girl did it not just well, she just hit the ball like a slugger! She had to take one flight Barquisimeto-Caracas and then after 45 minutes, take another flight Caracas-Margarita, where my cousin was waiting for her to pick her up and taking her to the hotel where we stayed. I was SO happy to have her with me for the wedding! Of course, apart from attending the wedding we did eating out and shopping together, including household items, high heel shoes, a purse, a pashmina and a spiked skirt for her that when entering the church the wind blew very hard, what made aunt Elizabeth say "look, there's Angela coming like The Woman in red"! Natürlich, I bought shoes for me as well, hehehe :-D
But apart from all that, I had a goal: Taking grandma from Barquisimeto by plane so she could attend her niece's (and g'daughter) wedding. It was a very stressful thing for me because my grandma had never travelled by plane, EVER! and she hadn't travelled alone by bus farther than San Felipe, which is 45 minutes away from Barquisimeto by car. But you know, my girl did it not just well, she just hit the ball like a slugger! She had to take one flight Barquisimeto-Caracas and then after 45 minutes, take another flight Caracas-Margarita, where my cousin was waiting for her to pick her up and taking her to the hotel where we stayed. I was SO happy to have her with me for the wedding! Of course, apart from attending the wedding we did eating out and shopping together, including household items, high heel shoes, a purse, a pashmina and a spiked skirt for her that when entering the church the wind blew very hard, what made aunt Elizabeth say "look, there's Angela coming like The Woman in red"! Natürlich, I bought shoes for me as well, hehehe :-D
But it was all worth it, from having coffee with Matt's mom to dance tambores barefoot to taking care of drunken cousins, it was all so fuckin'good! I'm really happy for Ana and Matt that they finally got married the way they wanted, with all the people they wanted to celebrate with, all their loved ones. And they looked oh-so-cute!. Wanna see more photos? click here
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